I have a lot of dishes that are my favorite, but one of my ALL TIME favorite desserts something I am sharing with you today, a Key Lim Pie Recipe.
I enjoy making all kinds of desserts, but this has to be one of my favorites. It’s a simple and easy treat, and you can make this from preparation to serving in right at an hour.
What is it about Key Lim Pie that I love so much? It’s that scrumptious combination of a graham cracker crust along with the sweet and tangy ingredients and a whipped cream top. To me, it’s like having a party in my mouth! Are you ready for the party in yours?
Key Lime Pie
The first thing you want to do is gather up all of your ingredients:
- 6 medium Limes (juiced to make 3/4 cup Lime juice)
- 3 cups of condensed sweetened milk
- 1 Tbsp Lime zest (only the dark green portion)
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- graham cracker crust
- whipped cream for topping
Heat your oven to 350.
Mix your lime juice, condensed milk, sour cream, and lime zest in a medium bowl until creamed together well.
Pour mixture into the graham cracker crust.
Bake for 6 – 8 minutes in the oven, making sure that you do not brown the top of the pie.
Pull your pie from the oven and allow to cool to room temp.
Place in the refrigerator and allow to completely cool.
When you are ready, add your whipped cream and top it with a little additional zest and serve.
This has to be one of my favorite pie recipes. Mostly because I love all of the flavors, and also because it is a really simple pie to make. Perfect for any holiday. or just because.
You can find a recipe card below to easily print this out and give it a try:
Key Lime Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 medium Limes juiced to make 3/4 cup Lime juice
- 3 cups of condensed sweetened milk
- 1 Tbsp Lime zest only the dark green portion
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- graham cracker crust
- whipped cream for topping
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350.
- Mix your lime juice, condensed milk, sour cream, and lime zest in a medium bowl until creamed together well.
- Pour mixture into the graham cracker crust.
- Bake for 6 - 8 minutes in the oven, making sure that you do not brown the top of the pie.
- Pull your pie from the oven and allow to cool to room temp.
- Place in the refrigerator and allow to completely cool.
- When you are ready, add your whipped cream and top it with a little additional zest and serve.
Nutrition
Make sure to give this yummy key lime pie recipe a try…and tell me, what is your favorite dessert to make?
Okay…Key Lime Pie is my favorite dessert of any dessert in the world. Not just pie—I mean ANY DESSERT I COULD EAT. Despite this, I have never made it myself. I guess I just thought it would be way too hard like making cheesecake or something. But reading your recipe, I feel like it is doable.
I feel like you’ve given me a gift this morning. The gift of Key Lime Pie. I’m so excited!! I’m making this pronto!! Woot!! –Lisa
It’s one of my favorite pies, too….and so is chocolate pie!! Love them…and coconut pie….oh my…I should stop!
I’ve never had a key lime pie. I have made key lime cupcakes though. This might be interesting.
That looks really nice:) Love pie!!
Mmmmm…. I love Key Lime Pie!! And this seems simple enough that I think I can manage it. You’ve just given me a great idea!
I love key lime pie! I never did until I went to its birthplace – Key West, FL. And there I fell in love.
I wish I had been to it’s birthplace….it’s one of the places I REALLY want to go and have never been.
I recently fell in love with key lime pie. I am definitely trying this one!!
You won’t be disappointed at all! It’s yummy.
Oh that sounds sooo good Jennifer! I’m ashamed to say I’ve never made a pie! But you make it sounds so easy; I think I should try this one.
Thanks for the recipe!
You totally need to make this one, it’s easy – peasy and tastes YUMMY!
Looks absolutely delicious! I love a good key lime pie. Makes me really hungry even just looking at this recipe.
My husband loves Key Lime pie! I’ve never made it before because I thought it would be hard but this is one recipe I will definitely have to try.
If he loves Key Lime pie, this is THE recipe you will want to try. It is soooo good!
This is my hubbys fav too and I have never made it. Sounds like it is time to get on it. And now I have a recipe too! Thanks!
Oh, he will totally love this recipe! It’s yummy…the trick is just use freshly squeezed limes. So good!